Commentary

Are Biden, Trump talking about the same nation?
Commentary, Nation World
DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Mar 11, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — To one presidential candidate, the United States is “a failing nation” that’s “descending into a cesspool of ruin.” “In many ways, ...
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Is independent redistricting possible in NY?
Commentary, Local Columnists
Mar 07, 2024
Republicans’ decision not to challenge redistricting maps passed last week and signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul is telling. It says the state’s GO...
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Keep busy to make waiting easier
Commentary, Local Columnists
DEB WUETHRICH 
Mar 07, 2024
Have you ever heard of Madam C.J. Walker? Her real name was Sarah Breedlove. She was born in Louisiana in 1867 and became the first female millionaire...
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The rise of Trump nostalgia
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RICH LOWRY 
Mar 07, 2024
Donald Trump obviously left office on a sour note in January 2021, written off by many opinion-makers and political professionals. Then, President Bid...
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The ‘shell game’ on immigration
Commentary, Nation World
Mar 06, 2024
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has exposed sanctuary city virtue signaling by sending busloads of migrants who entered his state illegally to northern U.S. ci...
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4 ways US should help Ukraine right now
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TRUDY RUBIN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Mar 06, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Donald Trump is helping Vladimir Putin defeat Ukraine. Right now, as you read this. To stop that from happening, President Joe Bi...
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Trump ‘lawfare’ update
Commentary, Nation World
Mar 06, 2024
Former President Donald Trump’s victory in the Supreme Court 14th Amendment case, together with delay and disorder in the criminal cases against him, ...
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The Curse of the Zezbino
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JERRY ZEZIMA Tribune News Service 
Mar 05, 2024
I will never get into the National Baseball Hall of Fame unless I buy a ticket. That’s because my batting average in Little League was lower than my w...
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When we develop technology without morality
Commentary, Nation World
CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Fort Worth Star-Telegram 
Mar 05, 2024
FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — I have spent several days reading coverage of the recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that recognized extrauterine embyros a...
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A ruling against a free press
Commentary, Nation World
Mar 04, 2024
A federal judge who held a veteran investigative reporter in contempt of court for not revealing her confidential sources erred in his decision that t...
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Now the robots are coming for your opinions
Commentary, Nation World
WILL JOHNSON 
Mar 04, 2024
We’ve long been warned about robots taking our jobs, but now they’re coming for our opinions as well. Caller ID, mobile phones, and cord-cutters have ...
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Not exactly fast food
Commentary, Nation World
JERRY ZEZIMA Tribune News Service 
Mar 03, 2024
I am out to lunch. This is especially true when I make lunch. That’s because, in my incapable hands, organizing the second meal of the day takes so lo...
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Supreme Court already handed Trump a victory
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HARRY LITMAN Los Angeles Times 
Mar 03, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Given the Supreme Court’s possible responses to Donald Trump’s appeal of the D.C. Circuit’s denial of his claim of immunity from pr...
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Credit card deal has progressives aflutter
Commentary, Nation World
Mar 03, 2024
Two credit card giants agreed to a merger last week, and the usual suspects pulled out their progressive hymnals and reached for their smelling salts....
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$1.2B to Hamas-backed UN agency
Commentary, Nation World
Mar 01, 2024
The U.S. government has given $1.2 billion to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency since April 2021, according to a report from OpenTheBooks.com...
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